Description
The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 7.0.6 does not validate the connection's origin IP address and instead trusts client-controlled forwarding headers when enforcing its per-IP vote restriction, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the vote limit and cast unlimited votes on a public poll.
Published: 2026-08-01
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-290
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-284

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Yop-poll
Yop-poll yop-poll
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Yop-poll
Yop-poll yop-poll

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 7.0.6 does not validate the connection's origin IP address and instead trusts client-controlled forwarding headers when enforcing its per-IP vote restriction, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the vote limit and cast unlimited votes on a public poll.
Title YOP Poll < 7.0.6 - Unauthenticated Vote Restriction Bypass via IP Header Spoofing
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T16:18:26.397Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T11:12:23.785Z

Link: CVE-2026-14840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:13:59.476Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-01T07:16:31.060

Modified: 2026-08-05T17:16:42.010

Link: CVE-2026-14840

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T18:30:16Z

Weaknesses